Note: this is a seminar not a hands-on dog training clinic. Dogs will not participate.
Science 101 & Dog Aggression Theory
8-11 am Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
1. Aggression facts/aggression fictions: What is aggression and what are its causes?
A. The brain’s 2 distinct aggression circuits
B. Internal causes of aggression
C. Stress
D. Is something wrong with your “pack?”
E. Can you eliminate these 5 external conditions that potentiate aggression?
2. Before and after aggression rehab:
A. Physiology of aggression
B. The importance of emotions in re-learning responses
C. Drugs: Some questions, any answers?
3. How to become part of the solution:
A. Are you part of the problem? Learning a different way of relating to your dog.
B. Recognizing and classifying dog emotion-behaviors
C. 5 Keys to Reading Your Dog
D. How to Use Your Body More Effectively to Calm and Influence Your Dog
Outline For Successful Aggression Rehab:
1-4 pm, Sat. Jan. 8, 2011
1. Laying the groundwork
* Designing and using a good diagnostic test to guide your rehab
* Fundamental obedience exercises and emotional/behavioral responses for your dog to practice
2. Preparing for success
* Management techniques before, during, and after rehab
* Coping with failure: What to do when “It” happens
* Rehearsing the dog’s alternative response: (place, object, focus, behavior, emotion)
3. Desensitization training
* Design for success
* Scheduling your training: when, where, how long, how frequently
* Recognizing when to progress, when to regress, and when to get help
* Why and where are your efforts likely to stall?
* Will you ever finish?????
Aggression “Lite” Obedience/Relationship Diagnostic Test
(Auditing available)
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 8-4 pm, by appointment, approximately 1 hour per dog.
The test is for owners and dogs with canine aggression problems.
Its purpose is to identify fundamental training exercises, emotion, and relationship skills the owner and dog should start to practice.
The test establishes a baseline—there is no pass/fail, and we don’t try to re-produce the dog’s unwanted aggressive responses during the test.
Auditing spaces are available for an audience to watch discretely those dogs who can tolerate an audience.